Phantom Brigade · published · build 21197238
Hello Brigadiers! We've been blown away by all the kind words and the overall reception of the 2.0 update. You all showed up in your droves and brought so many new players with you too. Phantom Brigade has never been more hype, thank you!
Before the team is off for a well-deserved break over the holidays, we've been putting together two surprises for you: a Supporter Upgrade for die-hard fans, and our first patch addressing difficulty balance, stability and a few extra QoL features (scroll down for our detailed patch notes).
Love Phantom Brigade and looking to show your support for our team in an extra special way? This upgrade lets you stand out on the battlefield with these optional cosmetic options:
Exclusive look for your mobile base, both inside and out
Exclusive helmet for your pilots
Exclusive liveries for your mechs
A heart on the main menu, because your support made our day a little brighter
But most importantly, you’ll be directly supporting the ongoing development of Phantom Brigade. If this sounds like something that you're into, thank you so much! If not, just continuing to play and share your good vibes with us and your friends is awesome <3
(you'll want to check this out, we promise)
Our first proper patch! We've been reading every single one of your Steam reviews, forum posts and bug reports. All this feedback is amazing and really helps us hone in the most important parts. Thank you, keep it coming, and we'll get back to reading it after the break.
We have exciting news for those of you who like to use or create mods! We have updated the Mod SDK to support Phantom Brigade 2.x. The updated SDK can upload your mods to the Steam Workshop (now reopened!) and allows you to modify everything new in PB 2.x, from adding new provinces and changing the campaign to adding new events and pilot traits.
If you have previously downloaded the beta version of the 2.0 SDK over the past few weeks, make sure to update to the latest release from the main branch to get all the changes aligning with PB 2.1. Make sure to check the updated Wiki for documentation and new tutorials. We look forward to seeing what you create!
Added the ability to skip the tutorial when starting a New Campaign
At any time during the first province tutorial, it's now possible to skip the tutorial by going into the pause menu and selecting 'Skip Tutorial'
This will move you to the end of the tutorial with all the gear you would have gotten (essentially starts a Quick Start campaign)
Added a new Difficulty setting: Pilot Fatigue Chance
This can be changed at any time in the difficulty settings
0% chance means no pilots will gain fatigue, 100% chance is the default behaviour
It's also possible to have pilots sometimes gain fatigue via the 25%, 50% and 75% settings as well
Added two new Game setting in options: Damage Scrolling and Damage Priority
This was a highly requested QoL feature that we definitely wanted to get in for this patch! Thanks for waiting
Damage Scrolling
You can now entirely disable stat scrolling on weapons, or customize the speed at which the numbers change
Damage Priority
You can change which damage stat (per second, per action or per hit) is displayed first
Added Endless Mode to post-game
After liberating all provinces in Fyrland, Kaskad will begin a counterattack on a few select provinces
As long as you want to keep liberating provinces, they'll keep attacking
You could feasibly play forever if you wanted!
Important: if you have already completed the game, you will need to reload your final Before Travel save file to continue in endless mode - loading a save file from within the final province of the campaign will not allow you to continue due to overworld initialization already having taken place
Added a ton of new base upgrades that were intended for 2.0, but didn't get finished in time
Camp duration reductions
Normal overworld driving speed increases
Overdrive speed increases
Overdrive dissipation increases
Salvage bonuses
Workshop projects completed on victories
Workshop projects completed on defeats
And finally, an updated .exe icon with our 2.0 logo
Changed the equipment available when starting a new game via Quick Start
Now, all equipment that is gained during the tutorial is rewarded immediately in Quick Start
Pilots will be randomly awarded experience based on the final experience levels of pilots in tutorial (it's different every time though!)
Removed the tutorialization regarding the overworld from Quick Start
Changed which missions have forced escalation
This was artificially inflating the difficulty of some missions - some missions had promoted squads when they shouldn't have
Only Assassination, Demolition and Break-in will have promoted squads at 1 star now
Changed how unit integrity is summarized at the end of combat to no longer include shields
Damage is now summed up only on body parts and backpacks
Rebalanced the difficulty spike post-Western Pass
Major Payload's first and second loadouts were swapped so that guided missiles are not used in the first mission he appears in
Adjusted the heat dissipation values of armour equipped by the Experimental and Spec-ops factions to lower the firing rate of high-heat weapons such as railguns
Reduced the number of units per Spec-ops squad that can spawn with a railgun
Rebalanced the cargo carrier mission in the Western Pass
Turrets level lowered to 1
Flanking tanks level lowered to 1
Flanking tanks loadout swapped to the Oneshot ML
Player squad limit was increased to max (4 mechs)
Player squad starting positions are now spread across both sides of the carrier
Rebalanced the costs of the base upgrades
If you already unlocked them, they'll stay unlocked
Fixed backpacks not having liveries
Fixed an issue in the backpack rarity weight table where the chances of dropping an uncommon or rare backpack as loot were basically zero
Fixed enemy squads in the patrols of breakthrough provinces sometimes not having weapons when spawning (due to a faction mismatch)
Fixed cutters having inverted hit detection
Fixed a softlock that could occur when a save was made while the base was in interaction distance of a point of interest on the map - returning from the base menu in this state would prevent any further actions
This was a regression from 2.0.3 patch and IS retroactive - any impacted saves should now be fixed
Fixed turns being allowed to execute and new actions being allowed from replay mode if a new unit was selected
Fixed the 'Display Autosaves' box disappearing if it was checked and only autosaves existed
Fixed an exception related to overworld UI that could get the user stuck in the fog of war
Fixed enemy pilots being unkillable under specific circumstances
Fixed UI not updating when a pilot had their trauma limit modified
Fixed duplicate death crashes being calculated and dressed with effects twice
Fixed behaviour of mechs after ejection being inconsistent
Fixed concussed units sometimes getting up after crashes
Fixed ejection during a crash potentially causing animation issues
Fixed a number of small bugs related to crashing and collisions to reduce extreme behaviours
Fixed units falling through indestructible points (in particular pits in the power plant map)
Fixed collision trigger events generating even when they could not be resolved - may slightly improve performance when many units are dead on a map
Fixed units getting stuck in a crash loop until they were dead
Fixed units ragdolling and getting detached from their in-world positions
Fixed a handful of typos in various languages